![]() ![]() "This is a very heartbreaking event, when I received the writ of divorce," he said. Mak, who was unrepresented, told the court that he fabricated the divorce decree because he did not want to divorce his wife. While he created a fake lawyer persona and impersonated his ex-wife, his fabrication of false evidence was not particularly sophisticated and was seen through almost immediately by the judge, said the prosecutor. The prosecutor called for between 10 and 14 months' jail, noting that no restitution was made for the camera, and that Mak had been "bouncing back and forth" from a guilty plea to pre-trial conferences. He claimed that he just did not like the camera. Mak initially denied committing the offence and admitted to it only when shown footage of himself in matching attire. It cost about S$1,100 to replace the damaged camera parts. He went to where the mobile camera was installed at the foot of his block and hit it with his hammer, an act that was seen by two neighbours on their way to work. Mak left his flat at about 6am on Feb 29, 2020, with his face covered with black cloth and carrying a hammer in a plastic bag. The agency had installed the camera to catch high-rise litterers in the act after receiving feedback about cigarette butts being thrown down from high floors of the block. Separately, Mak admitted to a charge of mischief by intentionally damaging a mobile camera installed by NEA at his block in Canberra Street. Mak's ex-wife later finalised divorce proceedings with him in Singapore, but Mak did not turn up for any of the court hearings. He also admitted to investigators that he did so so that the Family Justice Courts in Singapore would discontinue proceedings and so that his assets would be protected from division. He admitted obtaining samples of court documents from the Internet and amending them, using the names of a real law firm and courthouse in Oregon, where his then-wife had property. Investigations revealed that Mak had set up the email account in his then-wife's name and sent the email. The decree also indicated that Mak's flat in Singapore and his then-wife's real estate assets in China and the US were not to be divided.Ī Singapore judge detected that the documents were possibly fraudulent and flagged them to the court authorities, before a police report was lodged. ![]() There was also a false cover letter signed by a purported lawyer based in the US. The email included a decree of divorce, purportedly issued by the Multnomah County Courthouse in Oregon, stating that the divorce had been finalised in June 2018. In July 2018, the Family Justice Courts received an email sent from his then-wife's email account, claiming that she had successfully completed her divorce proceedings in Oregon, USA. The court heard that Mak's then-wife commenced divorce proceedings against him in January 2018. ![]() Mak was sentenced to 11 months' jail on Friday (Dec 3) for one count of fabricating false evidence to be used in a judicial proceeding, and a second unrelated charge of damaging a mobile camera installed by the National Environment Agency (NEA) at his block to deter high-rise littering. Mak Wai Kong, 45, did not show up for any of the divorce proceedings in the Family Justice Courts, as he claims he was told that those who do not want to obtain a divorce will not turn up nor "keep chasing after the court". SINGAPORE: When a man found out that his mother had helped his then-wife hire a lawyer to divorce him, he fabricated a false decree of divorce from a courthouse in the United States, hoping that a Singapore court would assume the marriage had already been dissolved. ![]()
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